Lukas Shelley won the Hangzhou Open PM 2021 with an average of 7.53 seconds. Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) finished second (7.54 seconds) and Yibo Wang (王奕博) finished third (8.58 seconds).
Full results are on the Cubing China page.
Europe records: Lukas Shelley 3x3x3 Cube 4.42 seconds (single).

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) won the Hangzhou Open AM 2021 with an average of 5.69 seconds. Yihan Chen (陈奕涵) finished second (8.00 seconds) and Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) finished third (8.52 seconds).
Full results are on the Cubing China page.
Asia records: Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) 3x3x3 Cube 5.69 seconds (average).
Hong Kong records: Sky Guo (郭建欣) 2x2x2 Cube 1.29 seconds (average).

Dear WCA Community,

The WRC would like to inform you about the versions of the WCA Regulations and Guidelines, which are going into effect May 1, 2021.

You can review all changes in this comparison on GitHub. You can click on “Files changed” to see the complete files of the Regulation and Guidelines, where all changes and additions are marked green and removals are red.

Simplifications

• Remove Guidelines 2c1+ and 2c1++ which are already in the WCRP. (commit | discussion)
• Remove Guideline 7d+ from the Guidelines. (commit | discussion)
• Renaming "Competition Area" to “Competitor Waiting Area”. (commit | discussion)

Accountability

• The competitor must have no physical contact with the puzzle cover while starting the attempt. (commit | discussion)
• Modify A2b1 and F2a to not strictly require an announcement. (commit | discussion)
• Require the competitor to finish signing (not just for the judge to finish signing) before the competitor may reset the timer. (commit | commit | discussion)
• The competitor may align the faces in Blindfolded events. (commit | discussion)
• Clarification regarding Guideline A7c4+ use. (commit | discussion)

Miscellaneous

• Remove Article 6 from the Guidelines. (commit | discussion)
• Allow for competitors to optionally use a self-supplied “surface” in Multi Blind. (commit | discussion)
• The competitor may use correction materials for Fewest Moves. (commit | discussion)
• Clarification regarding competitions requirements. (commit | commit | discussion)
• Clarification regarding competitors wearing a smartphone on their pockets. (commit | discussion)
• Removing the Regulation Y7e1. (commit)

Incidents Rulings

• Multi Blind puzzles are individually penalized if the competitor applies a move during the memorization phase. (commit | commit | discussion | incident log)
• Regulation A6e) revisement. (commit | commit | discussion | incident log)
• Clarification regarding advancement conditions. (commit | commit | commit | discussion | incident log)
• Clarification regarding how disqualifications results should be handled. (commit | incident log)

Xiaoke Xu (徐晓珂) won the Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021 with an average of 8.68 seconds. Nanxi Liu (刘南希) finished second (8.99 seconds) and Hanyu Liu (刘函宇) finished third (9.03 seconds).
Full results are on the Cubing China page.

Yibo Wang (王奕博) won the Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 with an average of 8.35 seconds. Pengcheng Wang (王鹏程) finished second (8.38 seconds) and Guangmei Chen (陈光美) finished third (8.45 seconds).
Full results are on the Cubing China page.

Yilin Miao (苗宜琳) won the Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 with an average of 2.59 seconds. Fanyang Zeng (曾凡洋) finished second (2.62 seconds) and Boyuan Yang (杨博渊) finished third (2.79 seconds).
Full results are on the Cubing China page.

Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) won the Beijing Spring PM 2021 with an average of 6.11 seconds. Yinming Zhu (朱胤铭) finished second (7.40 seconds) and Yusheng Du (杜宇生) finished third (7.58 seconds).
Full results are on the Cubing China page.
Asia records: Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) 3x3x3 Cube 5.96 seconds (average), Ruihang Xu (许瑞航) 3x3x3 One-Handed 9.94 seconds (average).

Yezhen Han (韩业臻) won the Beijing Spring AM 2021 with an average of 6.79 seconds. Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) finished second (7.19 seconds) and Weihao Kong (孔维浩) finished third (7.30 seconds).
Full results are on the Cubing China page.

Yusheng Du (杜宇生) won the Beijing Spring Special 2021 with an average of 28.47 seconds. Weihao Kong (孔维浩) finished second (29.13 seconds) and Sheng Cao (曹晟) finished third (30.10 seconds).
Full results are on the Cubing China page.
Asia records: Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) 3x3x3 Blindfolded 20.84 seconds (average).
China records: Weihao Kong (孔维浩) 4x4x4 Cube 25.56 seconds (average), Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) Megaminx 34.01 seconds (average), Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) Square-1 7.15 seconds (average), Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) Megaminx 30.41 seconds (single).